No matter who wins, this edition of the Players marks the end of an era: the last with a field of 144 players. Check back here after the final round for full results and payouts.

It will be a quick turnaround for many of the names atop the leaderboard at the 2025 Players Championship as second-round play begins. The likes of Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and

THE PLAYERS is off and running at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Verda Beach with first round action heating up at the iconic stadium course. It's not even noon on the east coast yet and already there's a ton to catch up on.

It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for players in the first round of the 2025 Players Championship. With TPC Sawgrass showing more teeth than expected, some competitors are forced to play catch-up to secure a weekend tee time while others will aim to position themselves for a charge over the second 36 holes.

A tree is back near the tee box at the par-4 sixth hole of the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, and it's the talk of the tournament.

In 42 years at Sawgrass, that's an average of 24 golf balls going splash down each tournament. The field of 144 will hit about 430 tee balls on the 17th hole over the course of four days in 2026, so expect about five percent of this year's tee shots to end up in the drink.